2 Dear Student, This guide offers you basic information about our university, our study programs and our environment. In spite of its youth, the University Magna Græcia of Catanzaro has a lot to offer to you with its modern buildings and labs, its modern teaching techniques and its location on the Ionian coast. I am sure you will enjoy an unforgettable experience with us, as many other foreign students have experienced before you. Indeed, I believe that you will never feel like a foreigner at UMG. My staff at the International Relations Office and myself look forward to meeting you with the compromise of all our effort to make your stay at UMG a fruitful one. May your stay in our University and in our country be prosperous and satisfactory and may this mutual cooperation lead us guarantees of progress in our respective societies. Prof. Francesco Saverio Costanzo Rector 2

3 Before leaving you should plan your stay in Catanzaro carefully in order to get the maximum advantage from this opportunity. You should talk about the courses you wish to follow in Catanzaro with the coordinator of your Faculty who should be able to give you some useful information. As soon as you have decided your date of arrival in Catanzaro, you should contact : Università degli Studi Magna Græcia di Catanzaro Ufficio Affari Generali - International Relations Office Dr Eleonora Consoli - Dr Rossana Tallarico Viale Europa Campus Universitario loc. Germaneto CATANZARO Tel Fax Opening hours: Monday to Friday 09:00-12:00 We will provide you with general information about the University of Catanzaro, as well as useful information about housing options and the necessary forms for course enrolment. Incoming Form Every student should fill in the Application Form for incoming students. You are kindly requested to send the application form within June 20 th 2008 by mail or fax, together with a copy of your identity card. Italian Course Before leaving you should have a working knowledge of the Italian language to enable you to follow courses in your faculty. If you are not fluent in Italian you may have the possibility to attend an intensive language course at the Università degli Studi Magna Graecia of Catanzaro beginning in Autumn. Do not forget: to send the Application Form to bring with you : - a valid national identity card or passport - the European health insurance card - a certificate from your University stating you have been awarded the LLP/Erasmus scolarhip, its duration and the subject area - 4 photographs 3

4 First of all your home University must send us your correct name and address, then you will send by fax or mail the Application Form that you find on the International Relations section of our website to: Università degli Studi Magna Graecia di Catanzaro Ufficio Affari Generali International Relations Office Campus Universitario Salvatore Venuta Viale Europa loc. Germaneto Catanzaro Italy Tel Fax International Relations Office is in charge in co-ordinating the activities of the LLP/Erasmus Programme, making life easier for incoming exchange students and for outgoing students from the University of Catanzaro. We will be at your disposal to answer any query you may have. The written form (a letter, a fax or an e message) would be much appreciated because it allows us to give you more detailed and clear information. Therefore always remember to give us a tel/fax number or an address to take it easier for us to answer all your questions as quickly as possible. Catanzaro is the capital of Calabria Region; it has about 100,000 inhabitants, among which students coming from outside. The south area of the city is on the blue Ionean sea. Students hall of residence: The rooms by Casa dello studente will be assigned according to the availability of the Institution that runs the residence, as well as the chronological order of arrival of the present application form. Anyway, if you want a private accommodation, the International Relations Office will help you to find. Canteen: you will receive a card for having lunch in different restaurants.

6 receive informations on accommodation; enrol in the Italian language course. The student is kindly requested to inform the office of his/her address in Catanzaro and of any subsequent change of address or telephone number. Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale di Catanzaro (Health Authority) (ASL N.7) Via Daniele Catanzaro Tel / If you are not EU citizens, you need to take out health insurance which provides cover in Italy (also available from insurance companies in Italy.) In addition, the University of Catanzaro has its own insurance which covers students in the event of accidents in their place of study. E.U. citizens: For stays up to 3 months no legalisation of stay will be necessary. For stays exceeding 3 months, an EU citizen will have to obtain a temporary residence permit. You will obtain information about your residence permit at Ufficio Anagrafe of Comune di Catanzaro. Palazzo De Nobili Via Iannoni, Catanzaro Tel. 0961/ Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 12:30 Monday and Wednesday from 15:00 to 16:00 Not E.U. citizens: You will obtain information about your residence permit at The Italian Police Foreign Office piazza Cavour, Catanzaro Tel. 0961/ Fax 0961/

7 Opening hours: Monday Wednesday Friday from 9:00 to 12:00 The University of Catanzaro has introduced a system of credits CFU, corresponding to ECTS credits. The ECTS system is based on three elements: information on study programmes, mutual agreement between the university and the student, and the use of ECTS credits. Full academic recognition means that the study period abroad, in the LLP/Erasmus programme, is able to be equivalent to the period of study at the home university. ECTS guarantees transparency. First of all, ECTS credits are numerical values allocated to course units to represente the student workload required to complete them. Sixty credits represent the workload of an academic year of study and normally 30 credits for a semester and 20 credits for a term. Then, the ECTS learning agreement covers the programme of study to be taken and the ECTS credit to be awarded for their satisfactory completion, committing the student to undertaking study abroad as an integral part of his/her higher education, the home institution to guaranteeing full academic recognition of the credits gained abroad and the host institution to providing the agreed course units, subject to timetabling. The University of Catanzaro is made up of the following Faculties: FACULTY OF PHARMACY Home page: Main Centre of the Faculty of Pharmacy: : Plesso Ninì Barbieri - Roccelletta di Borgia (CZ) Deanship Tel Fax Students Secretariat Te Fax

8 FACULTY OF LAW Home page: Main Centre of the Faculty of Law: Viale Europa Loc. Germaneto,, Catanzaro Deanship Tel Fax Students Secretariat Tel FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY Home page: Main Centre of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery: Viale Europa Loc.Germaneto, Catanzaro Deanship Tel /4076 Fax Students Secretariat Tel /4203 8

10 Specialistic degrees (second cycle) - Management and business advice - Social service sciences FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY Degrees (first cycle) - Biomedical laboratory technician - Biotechnologies - Podiatry* - Dietetics* - Logopedics - Nursing - Orthoptics and ophthalmological assistance* - Physiotherapy - Professional Education - Technician of hearing aid - Technician of medical radiology and radiotherapy - Therapy of neuro and psychomotility of the age of development - Technician of neuro- physiopathology * Erasmus students who would like to attend the above degree courses are requested to contact the International Relations Office before sending the application form in order to verify the programmes of study. 10

11 Specialistic degrees (second cycle) - Dentistry - Medicine and surgery - Nursing and obstetrics - Veterinary, pharmaceutical and medical biothecnologies* * Erasmus students who would like to attend the above degree courses are requested to contact the International Relations Office before sending the application form in order to verify the programmes of study. AREA OF THE BIOSCIENCES Degrees (first cycle) - Informatics and biomedical engineering - Sciences and technologies of the animal production - Sport and excercise sciences Specialistic degrees (second cycle) - Biomedical engineering - Sport and excercise sciences* - Veterinary medicine * Erasmus students who would like to attend the above degree courses are requested to contact the International Relations Office before sending the application form in order to verify the programmes of study. 11

12 Erasmus students who would like to attend the following degree courses are requested to contact the International Relations Office before sending the application form in order to verify the programmes of study with the respective Faculties: - Dental hygiene technician - Occupational Therapy - Technician of social service - Informatics and sanitary system engineering (second cycle) 12

16 LIBRARIES Library, Faculty of Law Viale Pio X, 250 Tel More than books are available in the library. An internet room is available for all the studnts. Library, Faculty of Medicine Viale Europa Località Germaneto Catanzaro Tel Library, Faculty of Pharmacy Complesso Ninì Barbieri Roccelletta di Borgia (CZ) Tel The academic year starts at the end of September. Lessons are taught from the last week of September until the end of May. There are two mid-year holiday periods, for Christmas and for Easter, and a long summer holiday in the month of august as a whole. The academic year is divided in two semesters. Lessons are held from Monday to Saturday, both morning and afternoon. Usually, lectures are held in Italian, but some teachers offer the possibility to study on written texts in English. Examinations There are two regular examination periods, in summer and in autumn, but normally there is also a special period in winter. Examinations may be either written or oral. Students can also make the examinations in English just for some subjects. 16

17 Cost of living in Catanzaro is cheaper than cost of living in the north of Italy. For example the average cost for accomodation is 200 euro per month per person. Banks are normally open from 9.00 to hours and from15.00 to hours, Monday to Friday. If you want to open a bank account, it is necessary to have a fiscal code, which can be obtained from the Agency for Direct Taxation called Ufficio delle Imposte Dirette. In order to open a bank account, you should present the following documentation to the bank branch you choose: - Identity Card or Passport - Residence Permit - Fiscal Code - Erasmus Certificate or other certificate issued by the University of Catanzaro In order to receive money from abroad, you must provide the sender with the IBAN code of the bank. Post offices are open from 08:30 until 18:00 from Monday to Friday and from 08:30 to 12:30 on Saturday. In the post offices you can send letters, buy stamps (also from tobacconist's ) and cash the International Money Orders called Vaglia Postali Internazionali. 17

18 Sport locations: - Campo Scuola di atletica (Athletics) - Piscina Comunale (Swimming pool) - Palazzetto dello sport - Circolo del tennis - Tiro a segno nazionale (Target shooting) Piazza Cimitero Pontepiccolo Località Corvo Pontepiccolo 26 V. Arcivescovado AND A LOT OF GYMS AND DANCE SCHOOL The local public transport company is A.M.C. You can buy bus tickets from tobacconist's, newsagent's and automatic machines. If you use the bus very often you can buy a three-monthly season ticket. Most bus services stop by midnight. To receive further information you can ask: For local and regional connections: A.M.C. AZIENDA PER LA MOBILITA DELLA CITTA DI CATANZARO Viale Magna Grecia tel. 0961/ For national and international connections: FERROVIE DELLO STATO Catanzaro Sala NUMERO VERDE (free number) tel:

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